Men in their mid-30s and early-40s with disposable income make up the core audience for both the combine and fantasy. That correlation is never clearer than when quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers — the key point-producers for fantasy teams — go through their paces at the combine.
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It's commendable that all of the Canes we spoke to in Indy said it's more on them than it should be on Golden or the UM coaches, but there's also an old coaching axiom: You're either coaching it or allowing it to happen.
rbr opThe flipside to Shaka Smart's position that players have to be mentally checked-in is the situation in Miami. Al Golden has been, and remains, nothing more than a placeholder coach; one meant to right the ship at least from an ethical position, even if not actually produce results on the field. As a coach, he's nothing special, and like Bruce Feldman says above, he's either coaching dumb play or persistently permitting it to occur. He'll be gone by Christmas, I'd wager. Lane Kiffin, Coral Gables on line one.